Dez Bryant risk worth it for Cowboys

Summary of 6 articles · Updated Jul 24, 2013

– When the Cowboys traded up in the first round in 2010 to select Dez Bryant , some questioned the team’s decision to take a risk like that, considering Bryant’s background. • The practice was particularly dominated by WR Dez Bryant. We felt great about D… (more)ez and certainly as a player and had really good sources who told us the kind of young man he is. Not only on the field, but off the field. Receiver Dez Bryant, fresh off a breakout season and drama-free offseason, sees himself as a blossoming leader for the Dallas Cowboys. Later, Bryant made a one-handed catch along the sideline against Carr, who had tight coverage against Bryant’s body that kept him from using two hands. That would have sounded crazy a year ago, when the Cowboys kept Bryant off-limits to the media during training camp after the turmoil in his personal life reached a boiling point with a July arrest on a misdemeanor charge stemming from an altercation with his mother. “I think just by going in, getting everything I already know, cleaning it up, sharpening it up the best way I possibly can and just learning more and more the coaches give me, I feel like I’ll be taking a step each and every day.”

Dez Bryant wants to repay Cowboys’ trust

Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant has big goals this season, saying he wants to catch 20 touchdowns and gain 2,000 receiving yards. He figures he owes the Cowboys that much for their faith in him. Bryant said the loyalty the team showed during last year’…

Dez Bryant: There’s always room for me to get better; I’m trying to be the best WR in the NFL

OXNARD, Calif. – Another day of Dallas Cowboys training camp meant another day of watching Dez Bryant astound with spectacular catches. Even with starting corners Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne draped on him, the 24-year-old made diving grabs and one…

DALLAS COWBOYS OBSERVATION DECK: Here’s what stood out from Day 3 of Dallas Cowboys’ training camp practices Tuesday in Oxnard, Calif.: • The Cowboys wore full pads in practice for the first time in three days of training camp practices. Players had to …